Dr. Prince Nii Darku Abbey is a development economist, entrepreneur, and systems-builder working at the intersection of economic policy, social capital, and enterprise growth. His life’s work is driven by a simple but radical idea: opportunity—not money—should be the most abundant currency in the world.

He is the Founder and Executive Lead of Pesewa ONE, a global entrepreneurship and business-building platform designed to help ordinary people become resilient, scalable business owners. Pesewa ONE integrates funding, incubation, education, digital tools, and shared-ownership models to support small businesses not as marginal actors, but as the true engine of economic growth and social stability.

Dr. Abbey’s work is grounded in rigorous academic research and real-world execution. He holds a PhD in Industrial Economics, with research focused on economic governance and social capital, and has written extensively on how trust, networks, and institutional design shape development outcomes—particularly in emerging and frontier markets. His scholarship challenges growth models that concentrate wealth and instead advances systems that distribute capability, dignity, and long-term value.

Before founding Pesewa ONE, Dr. Abbey held senior roles across finance, policy, and academia. He served as Manager and Head of Research at CDH Financial Holdings, where he led strategic research and helped structure investment vehicles; as Senior Analyst at Databank Group, covering multiple African markets; and as a Lecturer in MSME Policy at the University of Ghana School of Law, training business and policy leaders on enterprise development and governance. He also led and supported Ghana’s first startup IPO, helping establish new pathways for small business access to capital markets.

Through Pesewa ONE, Dr. Abbey has designed scalable franchise and platform models that enable entrepreneurs to start, formalize, and grow businesses with built-in support systems—combining financial capital with social capital, human capital, and digital infrastructure. The platform now spans incubation programs, AI-enabled business tools, internship and talent pipelines, cooperative funding mechanisms, and enterprise analytics—aligned around one goal: reaching one million small businesses globally with practical tools to build, scale, and endure.

At the core of Dr. Abbey’s philosophy is the belief that every entrepreneur is a nation-builder. When small businesses are trusted, connected, and properly supported, they do more than create jobs—they stabilize communities, strengthen institutions, and expand democratic participation in the economy.

Pesewa ONE is his answer to the question many development systems have failed to solve: What would the economy look like if it were designed to work for the many, not just the exceptional few?